HC Deb 31 January 1973 vol 849 cc396-7W
Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will seek powers to investigate the circumstances in which objects from private British art collections appear in foreign collections without having received an export licence, when their value is clearly in excess of the export without licence financial limit.

Sir G. Howe

The Customs and Excise have wide powers to investigate possible breaches of the export licensing regulations. If the hon. Member will write to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer about any particular case, he will consider whether to ask for an investigation.

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